I am just getting started, but I am looking forward to a long and rewarding profession.

Sounds like you have a very interesting profession.

You can more easily do that by keeping a solid paying job to start with and make this your side hustle.Also, since you are just starting out I recommend making a list of EVERY type of trade or profession you think would be involved in your rental business.

Though again, there's nothing wrong with that...being a plumber is a honest profession...you just need to realize that that's what you are...

Your profession will be helpful in real estate.

It's my understanding that, in order to be considered a "real estate professional", you (or your spouse, if you're married), must either spend 750 hours in your real estate profession during the calendar year (if you don't have another "real" job), OR spend more time in your real estate profession than you do in your "real" job.  

Go after that.My other thought is that just like most professions it really is a full time job.   

You can also look at various profession groups, like CCIM (not exactly "property management"), CMCP, CPM, etc designations.  

High income industries or professions is probably easiest.

To be the best in my chosen profession is certainly something that I'm striving for, and I will also strive to know as much as I possibly can about a property that I'm wholesaling.